Peachtree City voters heading

out of town today for the long Thanksgiving holiday can still vote in

Tuesday's runoff election for City Council Post 1.

Advance voting continues until

5 p.m. today at the Fayette County Board of Elections offices in the Stonewall

Village county government complex in Fayetteville. Absentee ballots can

also be obtained through end of business today.

The runoff for the Post 1 seat

held by Annie McMenamin features Lee H. Poolman, budget systems manager

for Fulton County, and Judi-ann Rutherford, front-office manager for the

Fred Brown Jr. Amphitheater.

In the Post 2 race, incumbent

Dan Tennant was defeated in his bid for a second term by political newcomer

Stuart Kourajian.

Rutherford fell 20 votes shy

of getting a majority in the three-way race Nov. 4, pulling more than

49 percent of the vote. Poolman drew 34 percent.

Polls will be open at 12 Peachtree

City precincts from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday.

This year's general election

is the first since advanced voting was approved by lawmakers earlier this

year.

According to a county elections

employee, few people had taken advantage of the early voting as of Thursday,

which she blamed on lack of widespread publicity.

Voters don't have to give

a valid reason for casting a ballot prematurely, unlike the rules that

apply to absentee voting.

Voters must show they will

be out of town or otherwise unable to vote on Tuesday in order to obtain

an absentee ballot. According to the elections official, all requests

made by the end of business today will be mailed overnight, arriving in

Peachtree City mailboxes either Saturday or Monday.

Hand-delievered ballots must

be to the elections office by closing time Monday. Absentee ballots received

via the mail by 7 p.m. Tuesday, when polls close, will be counted.

"You can't hand-deliver

an absentee ballot on election day, because otherwise you could just go

to your precinct and vote," said the elections official.

She reminded voters that hand-delivered

absentee ballots can only be brought in one at a time, but a relative

can deliver a ballot from a elderly or disabled voter if they are unable

to do so in person.

For more information on rules

and regulations regarding absentee and advanced voting, go to the Board

of Elections' Web page at www.admin.co.fayette.ga.us/election.